Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

AbbVie Data and Statistical Sciences (DSS) is the best-in-class organization within its cross-industry peer group and is responsible for bringing people, process, and technology together to generate business value from clinical data. Our operational model is exemplified through execution and innovation.

The Manager of Statistical Programming Operations is a strategic and leadership role which guides and manages a team of in house, cross functional or functional service provider resources. This role is responsible for optimizing and deploying business processes and technology solutions within DSS in support of the AbbVie portfolio. A technical and innovative role that partners with statistical programming, clinical analytics, data standards, statistical sciences, data sciences and information technology experts to implement next generation clinical data analysis ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the design, deployment and maintenance of various cross-functional solutions, business processes, and associated technologies.

• Manages cross functional teams and delivers optimization of end-to-end business processes that enable quality and efficiency.

• Drives change management by conceiving and operationalizing innovation and facilitating adoption across teams.

• Engages with multi-disciplinary experts to influence, elicit, analyze, and document business requirements and translate into technology functional requirements.

• Leverages project management tools and software development methodologies to manage resources, mitigate risk and deliver on commitments.

• Evaluates and recommends upcoming industry trends, best practices, cutting-edge tools, and novel programming approaches that leverage machine learning, simulation, robotic automation, metadata driven processes, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing.

• Participates in recruitment, selection and mentoring of new staff.

Qualifications

• Required: B.S. in computer science, data science, engineering, statistics, or a related field with 10+ years of relevant experience OR M.S. in computer science, data science, engineering, statistics, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience.

• Previous experience leading teams. Matrix Management and Project Management skills desirable.

• Ability to effectively communicate complex analytical and technical concepts with clarity, both written and oral.

• Ability to effectively represent Statistical Programming Operations in cross functional teams.

• Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, and multitasking skills with a good understanding of clinical research, statistical programming and CDISC standards.

• Intermediate-level proficiency in SAS, R, python, shell scripting or other programming languages. Intermediate-level knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques.

• Programming certifications and proficiency in multiple programming languages are desirable.

• Familiarity with various programming paradigms and IT system architectures desirable.

This individual can work remotely anywhere within the U.S.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.